What is the ruling on a menstruating woman reading the Qur'an?
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Question:
One of the sisters asks your Eminence, saying: Is it permissible to take advantage of the period of legal excuse to review the Noble Qur'an for those who have memorized it, out of fear of forgetting?
Answer:
The correct view is that there is no harm in that; she may recite from memory during menstruation and post-natal bleeding, because she is not like one in a state of major ritual impurity. The one in a state of major ritual impurity can perform the full ritual bath easily; when he is done relieving himself, he bathes, reads, and prays. As for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, they cannot do that because the period lasts a long time. So if she reads from memory, there is nothing wrong with that according to the correct view. Some scholars have gone to the extent of forbidding her from doing so, just as they forbid the one in a state of major ritual impurity.
And the correct view is that she is not prevented from doing so, but not from the mushaf; rather, she reads from memory. And if there is a need to review the mushaf, she may do so from behind a barrier, from behind gloves, or the like; there is no harm in that when there is a need, and this is the correct view.
As for the hadithJami` at-Tirmidhi 131Da'if (Darussalam), it is a weak hadith. What is established specifically regarding the one in a state of major ritual impurity is: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not prevented from the Qur'an by anything except major ritual impurity." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, when he went out with his companions one day, that he recited while not in a state of ritual purity, saying: The point is that the one in a state of major ritual impurity does not read until he performs the full ritual bath.
As for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, their periods last a long time, and the correct of the scholars' statements is that there is nothing wrong with the menstruating woman and the one in a state of major ritual impurity reading from memory; because the period lasts a long time, and there is hardship and difficulty in that, and it causes the loss of many benefits for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, without evidence. Yes.
And the analogy is not valid; analogizing the menstruating woman to the one in a state of major ritual impurity is not valid; because the period of the one in a state of major ritual impurity does not last long, and he can perform the full ritual bath whenever he is done relieving himself. As for the menstruating woman, she cannot perform the full ritual bath until the period ends, and so it is for the woman with post-natal bleeding; she cannot perform the full ritual bath until the blood stops and she becomes pure, or until she reaches forty days. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
One of the sisters asks your Eminence, saying: Is it permissible to take advantage of the period of legal excuse to review the Noble Qur'an for those who have memorized it, out of fear of forgetting?
Answer:
The correct view is that there is no harm in that; she may recite from memory during menstruation and post-natal bleeding, because she is not like one in a state of major ritual impurity. The one in a state of major ritual impurity can perform the full ritual bath easily; when he is done relieving himself, he bathes, reads, and prays. As for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, they cannot do that because the period lasts a long time. So if she reads from memory, there is nothing wrong with that according to the correct view. Some scholars have gone to the extent of forbidding her from doing so, just as they forbid the one in a state of major ritual impurity.
And the correct view is that she is not prevented from doing so, but not from the mushaf; rather, she reads from memory. And if there is a need to review the mushaf, she may do so from behind a barrier, from behind gloves, or the like; there is no harm in that when there is a need, and this is the correct view.
As for the hadith
The menstruating woman does not recite - nor the Junub - anything from the Qur'an.
لا تقرأ الحائض، ولا الجنب شيئًا من القرآنThis is for one who is not in a state of major ritual impurity; as for the one in a state of major ritual impurity, no, not even a verse.
هذا لمن لم يكن جنبًا، أما الجنب فلا ولا آيةAs for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, their periods last a long time, and the correct of the scholars' statements is that there is nothing wrong with the menstruating woman and the one in a state of major ritual impurity reading from memory; because the period lasts a long time, and there is hardship and difficulty in that, and it causes the loss of many benefits for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, without evidence. Yes.
And the analogy is not valid; analogizing the menstruating woman to the one in a state of major ritual impurity is not valid; because the period of the one in a state of major ritual impurity does not last long, and he can perform the full ritual bath whenever he is done relieving himself. As for the menstruating woman, she cannot perform the full ritual bath until the period ends, and so it is for the woman with post-natal bleeding; she cannot perform the full ritual bath until the blood stops and she becomes pure, or until she reaches forty days. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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